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    Autopians stray from the norm

    Way to go guys! I guess we are professionals, since aquapel is not a DIY product according to this site. http://www.supertint.com/auto_films/aquapel.html
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    Need help with aquapel

    Hey guys, I want to get my glass detailed. Here is the plan, clay, Z12 glass polish, and top it off with aquapel. I have a few questions though. 1) What pad should i use with the Z12, the one that comes with the PC, or a white pad? 2) Where can I get aquapel at a good price? 3) How...
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    My $105,000 Detail

    This car is a 2001 Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG. The car has 3155 miles and is babied, well except for the paint. The paint was swirled to hell, etched on bird crap, and tons of brake dust. I washed the car, clayed, rewashed, DACP with yellow pad, #9 2.0 with white pad, Dawn wash (palmolive in this...
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    Buffing out swirl marks and scratches with your Porter cable 7336

    A lot of people have been asking me lately how to buff swirl marks out of the paint using a random orbital buffer(Porter cable 7336SP). I only recommend using this buffer or a similar RANDOM ORBITAL buffer, do not use a rotary, there is too much risk involved for a beginner. Also I do not...
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    Removing surface contamination (grittyness) by clay

    If after washing your car and u rub your paint and it feels rough or gritty, I highly suggest you follow this technique to renew the smooth as glass feeling your car had when it was new. I recommend doing this once or twice a year, more often if u live near a railroad track. 1) Well first...
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    Residue on paint and etched on water spots

    Ok well I was detailing a black 2002 Q45 that is 2 weeks old, it was only washed by the dealer, no wax or buffing. I went to Klasse the car today and found a problem. There is a residue and water spots (etched on) all over the car except on the hood, roof and trunk lid(where the car had the...
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    Best exterior transformation i have done!

    This car is a 2002 Mercedes Benz ML500 that spent a week in cape cod parked on the beach. It was also driven all around new england prior to its last wash. Well the rims were black and the car was white (from salt). here are the before pictures. these are the rims, YUCK!
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    house paint on car paint, how do i remove it

    My friend owns a 2000 Toyota Celica GTS (silver) and they were painting the house with one of those wagner sprayers. Well the sprayer oversprayed on the hood and windshield. How should i remove it from these 2 surfaces?:confused:
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    Painting rotors

    My local lexus dealer after 2 tries finally got it right in painting my rotors. They painted them because i complained that the rotor was quickly rusting and looked terrible with the open wheels. The new IS300's come pre painted from the factory, here are before and afters. before, see the...
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    My 02 IS300 Z2'd and efontana's M5

    I snapped a few shots of his "BEAST". What an amazing car he has, the interior smells amazing too :) . Here are 2 shots i took. This was after, claying and meguiars DACP with the yellow pad A shot of the virtually swirl free roof a shot from his website, this was after...
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    A swirled to hell 2000 Black Vette convertible

    Well I never thought a 2000 model Vette could be beat and swirled this much. There are tons of cracks in the paint(from bumping into things) scrapes, abrasions, chips, microscratches, this paint has seen it all. Well the car has only 19K miles on it and looks like it has 100K. Here is a...
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